European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing

The European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing (EATAW)^[1] is an academic association supporting scholarly activity in academic writing.^[2] The association was first established in 1999^[3] with the first conference being held in 2001.^[4] The Europe-wide association has two main activities: a bi-annual conference, and the Journal of Academic Writing.^[5]

The EATAW Conference

The EATAW conference is held every two years in a European University. It was first held in 2001 in Groningen. The occasion of the bi-annual conference is when the EATAW board is elected for a term of two years.^[6]

Year	Country	Host institution	Keynotes speakers	Source
2001	Netherlands	University of Groningen	Olga Dysthe; Lennart Björk; John Bean
2003	Hungary	Central European University, Budapest	Ann Johns; Otto Kruse; Claire Furneaux	[7]
2005	Greece	Hellenic American Union, Athens	Lotte Rienecker; Constantie Stephanidis; Katrin Girgensohn	[8]
2007	Germany	Ruhr-Universität Bochum	Kirsti Lonka, Ken Hyland	[9]
2009	The United Kingdom	Coventry University	Sally Mitchell, Christian Schunn, Gabriela Ruhmann	[10][11][12]
2011	Ireland	University of Limerick	Peter Elbow, Katrin Girgensohn	[13]
2013	Hungary	Central European University, Budapest	Paul Kei Matsuda,[14] Christiane Donahue,[15] Bojana Petric[16]	[17]
2015	Estonia	Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn	Ulla Connor, Caroline Coffin, Jim Donohue, Terry Myers Zawacki	[18]
2017	The United Kingdom	Royal Holloway, University of London	Katrin Girgensohn, Ron Barnett	[19][20][21]
2019	Sweden	Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg	Chris Anson & Karen Head; Montserrat Castelló Badia; Emma Dafouz Milne	[22]
2021	Czech Republic	Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava	Dylan Dryer, John Harbord, Madalina Chitez & Otto Kruse	[23]
2023	Switzerland	Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur	-	[24]

The Journal of Academic Writing

The Journal of Academic Writing is a peer reviewed journal established by EATAW.^[5] The journal, first published in 2011, generally has one issue a year with articles based on presentations from the preceding conference. The journal has published a number of articles that have been widely cited. These include:

Peer-tutoring in Academic Writing: the Infectious Nature of Engagement by Í O'Sullivan, L Cleary 2014

Student learning and ICLHE–Frameworks and contexts by M Gustafsson, C Jacobs 2013

'What is the Purpose of Feedback when Revision is not Expected?'A Case Study of Feedback Quality and Study Design in a First Year Master's Programme by O Dysthe 2011

Screencast feedback for essays on a distance learning MA in professional communication by K Edwards, AF Dujardin, N Williams, 2012

See also

• Academic writing
• EuroSLA
• CCCC